Saturday, December 20, 2008

Because I Have To

This post is to say that I beat Mark at Caylus for the first time (two player). Caylus is 0.5% luck (and only at the very beginning, when the initial tiles are placed). I think I'm getting better at strategy games. A couple of weeks ago I beat him at Stratego (two player) also a very non-luck game. Oh! And Quarto. That's another good strategy one. First I won, and then we tied (we played a couple of times because that game is really, really short). Anyway, this post is just to rub in the fact that I can be better than Mark at strategy games sometimes. (And I won't mention all of the games I lost between those ones because then I wouldn't look as cool.)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Additions to the Fun

Because Mark's little brother left on a mission, we have acquired some fun toys. Kai gave us (to keep safe for 2 years) his XBox 360 and GameCube, complete with many games. Currently our favorite video games are Guitar Hero (wahoo!) and Assassins Creed (which I just watch). We finally bought a bookshelf to hold our video games and movies. The fun keeps coming, so come on over!

Monday, June 9, 2008

Game Descriptions

I just created a link to boardgamegeeks.com for each game on our list. Just click on the game you want to learn about and wham! You're there. Disclaimer: The boardgamegeeks website may list different time to play for some games and may also rate them differently. The ratings are all a matter of opinion, and the time to play that we have in our list comes from our experience.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

The List

Title
Publisher
Time (min)
# of Players
Rating
Rio Grande
40
2-4
10
Rio Grande
45
2-4
10
Rio Grande
45
2-4
10
Rio Grande
60
2-6
10
Rio Grande
60
3-5
10
Avalon Hill
60
2-8
10
Rio Grande
90
2-5
10
Playroom Ent.
90
2-8
10
StrataGems
30
2-4
9
Silver Line
30
2-8
9
Avalon Hill
45
2-5
9
Queen Games
45
2-6
9
Days of Wonder
45
2-5
9
Ravensburger
45
3-6
9
Rio Grande
45
2-4
9
Mayfair Games
60
2-4
9
Rio Grande
30
3-4
8
Ravensburger
45
2-4
8
Rio Grande
45
2-6
8
Rio Grande
45
2-4
8
Days of Wonder
45
2-5
8
Alea
90
3-5
8
Avalon Hill
180
2-6
8
Looney Labs
10
2-8
7
Gamewright
15
2-8
7
N/A
25
2
7
Uberplay
30
2-5
7
Wizards
30
2-5
7
Winning Moves
30
2 or 4
7
Mark’s Game
Mark Anderson
45
2-5
7
N/A
45
3-6
7
Uberplay
45
3-5
7
Rio Grande
45
2-5
7
Rio Grande
60
2-4
7
Rio Grande
15
2
6
U.S. Games
30
2-5
6
Ravensburger
30
1-4
6
Ravensburger
30
2-6
6
Silver Line
30
2-8
6
Set Enterprises
30
1-8
6
Parker Bros
45
2-6
6
Cranium
15
3-6
5
Out of the Box
20
2-5
5
Winning Moves
20
2-4 or 6
5
Set Enterprises
20
1+
5
Pin
30
2-4
5
Reveal Ent.
30
2-6
5
Hasbro
30
3-8
5
Cranium
45
2-4
5
Steve Jackson
45
2-6
5
Days of Wonder
45
2-5
5
Pressman
45
3-8
5
Parker Bros
60
3-6
5
Gigamic
20
2
4
Dice Corp.
25
2
4
Cardinal
30
2-8
4
Endless Games
30
2-4 couples
4
Set Enterprises
30
2-10
4
Fundex
45
1+
4
Pressman
45
2-4
4
Parker Bros
45
2-6
4
Parker Bros
60
2-4
4
Winning Moves
90
2-4
4
Parker Bros
240
2-8
4
Mayfair Games
30
4-7
3
Gamewright
30
2-6
3
Out of the Box
30
4-10
2
Milton Bradley
30
2+
2
Mattel
20
2-10
1
Parker Bros
30
2-4
1
Endless Games
30
4-8
n/a
Endless Games
30
3+
n/a
The Fowlers
45
4-12
n/a

This list is not final draft. The games rated at a 10 are not in order from most favorite to least favorite within the rating, but that feature will be added soon-ish.